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Saturday, November 3, 2012

NEPAL: Proejcted agriculture production in FY 2012/13

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The shortage of fertilizers and low and late monsoon during peak paddy planting season are expected to lower economic growth rate (unless...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Why fiscal stimulus worked in China?

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The short answer, according to a new paper by Fardoust, Lin, and Luo, is that since the Chinese fiscal stimulus in 2008-09 focused on (i) ...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Doing Business 2013: No improvement in ease of doing business in Nepal

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In its latest Doing Business 2013 : Smarter Regulations for Small and Medium-Size Enterprises report, the IFC has ranked Singapore as the ...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Nepal has the highest minimum wage in South Asia?

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Workers affiliated to various trade unions have time and again gone on strike demanding hike in wages and allowances. The recurring row o...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Who shapes trade patterns?

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In a new paper , Caroline Freund and Martha Denisse Pierola argue that it is the top one percent of exporters that shape trade patters. Abst...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Comments on Immediate Governance and Economic Action Plan 2012

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On 16 October 2012, the BRB government unveiled I mmediate Governance and Economic Action Plan 2012 , which has 201 reform activities in 15...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

State of Hunger in South Asia, 2005-2010 (Global Hunger Index 2012)

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According to the Global Hunger Index 2012 , though hunger in Nepal is decreasing, it is still at "alarming" level. Nepal's hu...